Everything about Louis Ix Of France totally explained
Children
- Blanche (1240 – April 29, 1243)
- Isabelle (March 2, 1241 – January 28, 1271), married Theobald V of Champagne
- Louis (February 25, 1244 – January 1260)
- Philippe III (May 1, 1245 – October 5, 1285)
- Jean (born and died in 1248)
- Jean Tristan (1250 – August 3, 1270), married Yolande of Burgundy
- Pierre (1251–84), Count of Perche and Alençon; Count of Blois and Chartres in right of his wife, Joanne of Châtillon
- Blanche (1253–1323), married Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castille
- Marguerite (1254–71), married John I, Duke of Brabant
- Robert, Count of Clermont (1256 – February 7, 1317). He was the ancestor of King Henry IV of France.
- Agnes of France (ca 1260 – December 19, 1327), married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
Death and legacy
During his second crusade, Louis died at
Tunis,
August 25,
1270, and was succeeded by his son,
Philip III. Louis was traditionally believed to have died from
bubonic plague but is thought by modern scholars to be
dysentery. The Bubonic Plague didn't hit Europe until 1348, so the likelihood of him contracting and ultimately dying from the Bubonic Plague was very slim.
Christian tradition states that some of his entrails were buried directly on the spot in Tunisia, where a Tomb of Saint-Louis can still be visited today, whereas other parts of his entrails were sealed in an urn and placed in the
Basilica of Monreale,
Palermo, where they still remain. His corpse was taken, after a short stay at the
Basilica of Saint Dominic in
Bologna, to the French royal necropolis at
Saint-Denis, resting in
Lyon on the way. His tomb at Saint-Denis was a magnificent gilt brass monument designed in the late 14th century. It was melted down during the
French Wars of Religion, at which time the body of the king disappeared. Only one finger was rescued and is kept at Saint-Denis.
Veneration as a saint
Pope Boniface VIII proclaimed the
canonization of Louis in 1297; he's one of the few royals in French history to have been declared a
saint.
Louis IX is often considered the model of the ideal Christian monarch. Because of the aura of holiness attached to his memory, many
Kings of France were called Louis, especially in the
Bourbon dynasty, who directly descended from one of his younger sons.
The
Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Louis is a
Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1842 and named in his honour.
Places named after Saint Louis
The cities of
San Luis Potosí in
Mexico,
Saint Louis, Missouri,
Saint-Louis du Sénégal in
Senegal,
Saint-Louis in
Alsace, as well as
Lake Saint-Louis in
Quebec, and the
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in
California are among the many places named after the king.
The Cathedral Saint-Louis in
Versailles,
Basilica of St. Louis, King of France in St. Louis, Missouri, the
Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri, and the French royal
Order of Saint Louis (1693–1790 and 1814–30) were also created after the king. The
Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans is named after him.
Many places in
Brazil called
São Luís in
Portuguese are named after Saint Louis.
Famous portraits
A portrait of St. Louis hangs in the chamber of the
United States House of Representatives.
Saint Louis is also portrayed on a
frieze depicting a timeline of important lawgivers throughout world history in the
Courtroom at the
Supreme Court of the United States.
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